They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce... La Belle Assemblée - Page 41810Full view - About this book
| Early English newspapers - 1827 - 730 pages
...the following passage of Milton's Paradise Lost, Book I. "They heard and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On...dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nur did they nul perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel." And it... | |
| English essays - 1827 - 724 pages
...attention to the line following those he quotes, and forming an essential part of the sentence : " Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to tlieir general's voice they soon obcy'd." Mr. Jennings's explanation of the passage would be very ingenious,... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1827 - 716 pages
...fully recovered their faculties, their motions resemble those of a man who staggers about before he is well awake. " Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pangs not feel; YET to their General's voice they soon obey Innumerable." From which last passage the... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...of this gulph. " Awake! arise! — or be for ever fallen!" They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men wont to watch On...dread, Rouse, and bestir themselves ere well awake. OTHELLO'S ADDRESS TO THE SENATE. SHAKSPEARE. MOST potent, grave, and reverend signers, My very noble... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 824 pages
...to the command. Hammond. . In vain thou bid'st me to forbear, Obedience were rebellion here. Cou-Uy. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which...pains not feel, Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed. Milton. Nor can this be, But by fulfilling that which thou didst want, Obedience to the law... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 832 pages
...breath, my lord. — No marvel, you have so bestirred your valour, you cowardly rascal ! Shahspeare. As when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found...dread. Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Milton. Bestirs her then, and from each tender stalk Whatever earth, all-bearing mother, yields, She... | |
| Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...marching forward, climbed the trees, walls, and houses, eating every thing that was green in their way. - To their general's voice they soon obey'd Innumerable....the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Waved round the coast, upcall'da pitchy cloud Of Locusls, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...should those be thought to escape, who feel Those rods of scorpions aud those whips of steel ? Creech. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which, they were, or the fierce pains not feel. Milton. Why was the sight To such a tender hall as the eye confined , So obvious and so easy to be... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1855 - 1214 pages
...Well, what was the effect of this on the Prime Minister ? — " He board and was abashed, and up he sprung Upon the wing; as when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Ilouse and boetir themselves ere well awake." Then, on the spur of the moment, and without notice,... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 462 pages
...should those be thought to escape, who feel Those rods of scorpions aud those whips of steel T Creech, Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains uotfeel. Miltm. Why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined ; So obvious and so easy... | |
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